Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hash(tags) that wouldn't get Phelps in trouble

Twitter can be a very useful resource for PR professionals once you get the hang of it. For beginners, I recommend starting with the short video, Twitter in Plain English. Once you have a handle on tweeting, you can start thinking of putting the power of the Twitterstream to work for you.

You can Learn a Lot from a Dummy(and smart people too)There is a wealth of knowledge and networking opportunity hidden to most people that do not dig deeper into Twitter. You can dig up this trove of resources and conversations by using hashtags.

According to the Twitter Fan Wiki, hashtags are "a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets."

If you've spent any time in the space you may have seen the # symbol followed by word(s). In Twitter a hashtag looks something like this: